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Congratulations to McDonald's workers and @BFAWU1 for winning pay rises but the fight for £10 an hour is not over. We achieve more together than we can alone, which is why we should all join a trade union.

Jeremy Corbyn

Around 15 per cent of McDonald's restaurants in the UK are owned by the company, with the rest franchisees that set their own pay rates.

The Labour leader wrote on Twitter: "Congratulations to McDonald's workers and @BFAWU1 for winning pay rises but the fight for £10 an hour is not over. We achieve more together than we can alone, which is why we should all join a trade union."

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell also congratulated the workers, tweeting: "I pay tribute to the #McStrike @bfawu1 young workers who took on McDonalds resulting in today's pay rise victory. It demonstrates the vital role trade unions play and the importance of joining a union."

The new pay rates range from a minimum of £5.75-an-hour for "crew" aged between 16 and 17 up to £10-an-hour for crew aged over 25 between the hours of 6am and 12pm.

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Now some staff will receive an extra £1 an hour when working certain hours

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